Grub-puller



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W. M. SUMNERS su LW'. SMITH. GRUB FULLER.

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i "NETE Srirrnsfnrnnr YVILIJDLM M. SUMNERS AND ALFRED VVINN SMITH, OE DELINA, TENNESSEE.

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3;"l:LEECIFICAJIO:lil forming part of Letters Patent No. 301,772, dated July 81 1884.

l l Application filed May 26,v 1884. {Nomodelj llo @El whom it rita-y con/cern' l Be it known that we, 'WILLIAM M. SUM- Nnns and ALFRED Winn SMITH, citizens of shall county, Tennessee, have invented newy anduseful Improvements in Grub or Sprout Pullers or Extractors, ot'which the following is a specification.

Our invention has reference to that class of grub or sprout pullers or extractors which comprise a rocking base or f ulcru 11i-block, and xed and movable jaws supported thereon for raising orextracting any object seized between the jaws by pressure or force applied to a le ver extensionof the movable jaw of theimple\ ment. Y

The object of the invention is to furnish an implement which is simple and durable in construction, and can be manipulated with great'- erconvenience and advantage than the devices heretofore known, special provision being made for obtaining a durable bearing or pivot-support for the movable jaw of the iniplement, so as to resist lateral strain or displacement, and the fixed and movable jaws of the implement having each two flanges or independent biting-surfaces, so that much more work can be performed with our implement than with one having jaws possessing a single flange or bitingsuriac'e only.

The invention will first be fully described 'in connection with the accompanying drawings, and then fully set forth in theclaims.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a grub-pulling implement having a bifurcated lever or movable jaw, which embraces a standard or arm terminating. in a stationary jaw, both jaws having two separate biting-surfaces or iianges. Fig. 2 is a detail view of the standard of the stationary jaw and the fulcrum-block or base to which'it is attached, Fig. 3 is a side elevation of animplement having its jaws provided with single biting-surfaces, the movable jaw being held between the standard of the stationary jaw, and an arm or lateral brace extending from the standard of the stationary jaw. The numeral l designates a standard, which is made ci' cast or wrought iron, and is curved or made semic-ircular in form. On the lower end of this standard is formed a base or foot plate, 2, to which is attached ,by screws or other wise', a wooden block or base sill, B. This block is dressed or rounded effin a curve from its upper front corner to its rear lower corner,

` as is clearly indicated in the drawings.

Referring to Figs. l and 2, it will be seen that jaws or iianges 4 project laterally from' each side of the standard l, saidjaws or fianges being of any desired length and projecting at an angle of iifteen degrees (more or less) below a right angle of a perpendicular line drawn through the standard. A lever, 5, having bifurcations or branches, receives or straddles the standard-l, and is pivoted thereto bya fulcrum bolt or pin, 6, passing through s aid bifnrcatedlever and standard. The outer end of the lever 5 terminates in ilanges or jaws 7 which correspond with the flanges or jaws on the upper end of the standard vl. The different jaws or flanges are corrugated or grooved on their meeting faces, so as to enable them to obtain a firm hold on the sprouts or grubs to be extractechand prevent the latter from slipping through the jaws. lThe stock of the lever may terminate in atangor plate,which presents a wooden handle-extension, 8, or a socket or vferrule may be formed on the stock of the leverfo'r receiving said handle. The fulcruIn-.pin of the lever-j aw is placed at a proper distance from the jaws or flanges on the furcated lever and the intermediate standard, so as to admit of the jaws being opened sufciently far to receive the sprouts or other objects when operating the implement.

In Eig. 3 is shown a construction similar in all particulars to that above described, except that only a single jaw is formed on the standard 1,which j aw operates in connection with a single jaw or iiange on the lever 5, the latter being in this instance located entirely on one side of the standard l, and made to turn with or on the fulcrum bolt or pin 6 on the outer side of the lever 5. It will thus be seen that said lever is braced or supported on both sides, and thus any strain to which it may be subjected will not cause it to be displaced laterally, there being, in fact, no liability whatever of said lever being thrown out of order or becoming bent or detached, since it is properly IOC) supported in the manner indicated. The bi- Y furcated lever also has such a 'double bearing for the object or purposes just mentioned as being possessed by the single jaw-lever.

In operating either form of implement the top of the curved standard is brought near the ground, and then the lever of the movable jaw is thrown forward to admit a sprout or other object between the two jaws. The jaws being then closed by a rearward pull upon the lever, and the pressure of the latter being continued,

so as to draw it'in` a downward direction, the

rocking of the rounded. base-block upon the ground is effected, and the proper upward pressure is 'exerted upon the sprout or other object held between the jawsl to lift the saine out ofthe ground.

The object of the double-flanged jaws is to enable sprouts or objects to be grasped vwithout moving the implement bodily to the right or left of said sprout, since it is evident that the object to be extracted cau be grasped by either the right or left hand anges of the jaws. In this manner considerable time and labor is saved in performing work with our implement, and the latter is also more conveniently manipulated than the devices heretofore resorted to for pulling grubs and other like objects.

, Having thus described our invention, what we claim is- 1. An implement for pulling grubs and other i like objects, consisting of a curved standard having a jaw at its upper end, and a baseplate, a lever-j aw pivoted to said standard, a strut or brace arm extending from the baseplate of the standard to the outer side of the lever-jaw,and fitted on the ful'crum-pin thereof, and a rounded base or fulerum block attached to the base-plate of the standard, substantially as described.`

2. An implement for pulling grubs and other like objects, consisting of a curved standard having double jaws or flanges at its upper end, and a base-plate, the Ilever pivoted to said standard, also provided with double jaws or flanges, and the rounded base or fulcruin block attached to the base-plate of the curved standard, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we afti'x our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM IVI. SUMNERS. ALFRED VINN SMITH.

Witnesses:

HENRY K. Moss, W. G. LoYD. 

